Social recap: A day of giving back

The Habs spent the afternoon visiting children at three of the city's hospitals on Wednesday

MONTREAL - The Canadiens made their annual pilgrimage to some of the city's hospitals to spread holiday cheer to children patients and their families. Here's a look back at the day as it was told through social media.

The most meaningful of traditions

The Canadiens will be making their annual children's hospital visits on Wednesday to spread some holiday cheer

MONTREAL - The Canadiens will be pursuing a tradition of more than 50 years on Wednesday, as players and members of the organization visit young patients at CHU Sainte-Justine, the Montreal Children's Hospital and the Shriners Hospital for Children.

Joliette and Val d'Or next recipients of a BLEU BLANC BOUGE rink

Major gift from the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation

MONTREAL - As part of its BLEU BLANC BOUGE program launched back in September 2008, the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation proudly announces that its 11th and 12th refrigerated community outdoor rinks will be built in the cities of Joliette and Val-d'Or. The Foundation thus carries on with the expansion of its flagship program outside the greater Montreal area. In Joliette, construction will get underway in the summer of 2019 in the large green space on rue Lépine facing Barthélemy-Joliette High School, for an opening scheduled in time for winter 2019. For the City of Val-d'Or, the Foundation plans to start work in the summer of 2020 so that the rink can accommodate its first skaters that winter.

Canadiens to become a foster family to a Mira service puppy

Fans are invited to submit name ideas now through November 30th

MONTREAL - Always committed to giving back to its community, the Montreal Canadiens are teaming up with the Mira Foundation to become a foster family to a Saint-Pierre Labernese puppy for one year. The organization will be responsible for socializing the puppy under Mira's standards to become a future guide dog or service dog.